Western Sydney vs Perth Glory 2021-22 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

26': Jack Rodwell

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1 - 0

Introduction

Western Sydney Wanderers are hosting Perth Glory at CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

26': Goal! Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Perth Glory 0. Jack Rodwell (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Aquilina.
45': Second Half begins Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Perth Glory 0.
57': Ziggy Gordon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Substitution, Perth Glory. Daniel Stynes replaces Giordano Colli.
58': Substitution, Perth Glory. Aaron Calver replaces Jonathan Aspropotamitis.
61': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Bernie Ibini-Isei replaces Tomer Hemed.
67': Substitution, Perth Glory. Pacifique Niyongabire replaces Andy Keogh.
70': Bernie Ibini-Isei (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Dimitrios Petratos replaces Keijiro Ogawa.
83': Substitution, Perth Glory. Jacob Young replaces Kosuke Ota because of an injury.
87': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Tate Russell replaces Adama Traoré.
88': Substitution, Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Alessandro Lopane replaces James Troisi.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1, Perth Glory 0.

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: CommBank Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 4,124

Australian A-League Men Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+18	Central Coast Mariners	25	49	6
+13	Wellington Phoenix FC	25	49	4
+11	Melbourne Victory	25	41	4
+6	Sydney FC	25	38	9

Full Table

Statistics

PER		WSW
5	Fouls	17
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	5
4	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	2
42.5	Possession	57.5
4	SHOTS	17
2	ON GOAL	3
0.5	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
375	Accurate Passes	553
464	Passes	628
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	6
11	Crosses	14
0.1	Cross %	0.4
57	Long Balls	60
24	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	2
11	Effective Tackles	18
16	Tackles	24
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
8	Interceptions	11
16	Effective Clearances	18
16	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Western Sydney Wanderers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
20	Tomás Mejías (GK)
22	Johnny Koutroumbis
2	Ziggy Gordon
3	Adama Traoré
39	Thomas Aquilina
5	Jack Rodwell
17	Keanu Baccus
8	Steven Ugarkovic
10	Tomer Hemed
11	Keijiro Ogawa
14	James Troisi

Substitutes:

Tass Mourdoukoutas, Bernie Ibini-Isei, Terry Antonis, Dimitrios Petratos, Alessandro Lopane, Tate Russell, Daniel Margush.

Perth Glory (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
12	Cameron Cook (GK)
29	Darryl Lachman
5	Jonathan Aspropotamitis
6	Osama Malik
8	Kosuke Ota
22	Joshua Rawlins
19	Callum Timmins
26	Giordano Colli
7	Adrian Sardinero
21	Antonee Burke-Gilroy
10	Andy Keogh

Substitutes:

Jacob Young, Pacifique Niyongabire, Daniel Stynes, Darko Stanojevic, Aaron Calver, Liam Reddy.

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